Whip, cat-o'-nine-tails, with short wooden handle covered with green cloth and nine cord lashes. [MJD 27/11/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Whip, cat-o'-nine-tails, with short wooden handle covered with green cloth and nine cord lashes. [MJD 27/11/2012]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1878
Date collected: ?Prior to 1878
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Material Wood Plant, Material Textile, Process Carved, Process Woven, Process Twisted, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: max 1157 mm, Width: max 45 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.14.8
Research and responses: OED online: Cat o' nine tails: 1. A whip with nine knotted lashes; till 1881 an authorized instrument of punishment in the British navy and army. [AP 29/09/2006]

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